Vulnerability in Linux
CVE-2025-71157
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA/core: always drop device refcount in ib_del_sub_device_and_put() Since nldev_deldev() (introduced by commit 060c642b2ab8 ("RDMA/nldev: Add support to add/delete a sub IB device through netlink") grabs a reference using ib_device_get_by_index() before calling ib_del_sub_device_and_put(), we need to drop that reference before returning -EOPNOTSUPP error.
EPSS: 0.001 (2.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Linux — versions bca51197620a257e2954be99b16f05115c3b2630, 6.11, 0
- Linux Linux_kernel — versions 6.19
References
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2025-71157?
- CVE-2025-71157 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2026-01-23.
- How severe is CVE-2025-71157?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.